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\ / V THIS CLINTON CHBONICLK CHatw, & C, Thandar, Stptaito S, MM Editorial Day weekend begins—for 6 o’clock Friday afternoon, Sep- May we count on seeing you the weekend driving is over? 1th we offer a line or two on safety. We don’t expect these few go down in history, but they do to the same thing: Time may be but life is priceless. We submit digestions: i*t learn traffic laws by accident. Always think for two—the other driver yee. Train your mind to mind the train. One accident can cost you your driver’s Can you afford a chauffeur? should ‘take the lead’ in promoting reform when other branches fail to act “If the time comes when this court is looked upon by well-meaning people—or, worse yet, by the court itself—as the re pository of all reforms, I think the seeds of trouble are being sown for this institution.” Thne To Hold Fast This is no thne to uproot our establish ed, fair and effective immigration policies, and let down the barriers in a noble ges ture to all dissatisfied humanity. In view of the nation's preoccupation with unemployment, the related and con- ftypwiy advance of automation and the “war on poverty”; and in the light of the multipi* Federal programs with budgets as hifii as a bflhon dollars (for the povmr- ty war), we tm think of no greater dis service Hun to invite an indiscriminate and vastly expanded global influx of aD kinds and conditions of humanity. Favored among the various spending bills that would accomplish this national calamity is that proposed by the late Presi dent Kennedy and presently being pushed by President Johnson. This measure would outlaw the national origins quota system of the existing McCarran-WaHer Act, which for a dozen yearn has kept new admissions proportional to the ethnic pattern of our country. Further, it would virtually doable the admissions authorized under existing quotas. In destroying the present quota sys tem, the Administration bill would let down the bars to swarms of Asiatics and Afri cans—as unprepared for America as we are for them. And it would likewise push aside our major barrier to the invasion of an eager army of spies, aabotuers and sub versives dedicated to the Kremlin’s pledge to bury us. Even under the present Act, which is eminently fair and generous and basically effective, loophloee permit the admission of far to many immigrants outside of the quotas. But the Administration bill fur ther en'.urges the area of arbitrary admis sions and gives control to a board of poli ticians so that total immigration could quickly exceed a million a year! We can think of nothing more cynical than to bewail the plight of our jobless sad weep costly tears for our own undernour ished and underprivileged, and at the very same time to pursue the prospect of mak ing our situation infinitely worse—sociologi cally, economically and with respect to na tional unity and defense. It is high time we tell our Senators and Congressmen, per sonally and in writing, what we think— and before a vote can be taken. In Senator Strom Thurumond’s opinion: “The basic fallacy underlying our foreign aid program is the notion that friendships can be purchased. Another basic fault lies in the gross mismanagement which has been evident in this program since its in ception. Then there is also the inordinate leeway which the aid administrators have been permitted to assume . . . Foreign aid has its proper place when made available to friendly nations in a reasonable amount, preferably through loans, to help them help us turn the tide against communism and in favor of freedom. This is the only justifi cation for a foreign aid program.” Babson Discusses I to hear the tryouts Clinton citizen at games finalists for cheer- are played at home and tives have ample funds with were surely looking forward to Schools. But these boys which to hire staffs tb do their the last of May! have a winning season ifj every bidding. Too high a pro- Tuesday everyone reported to selves. They need the portion of those funds go for the gymnasium during home- every CHS student and “politikfrig” alone. Or in the room period case of several of South Caro- of the six . Una’s members of Congress, they leader. These girls, all fresh- iaUy at the games played away. Just don’t spend a good part of men, were Shirley Simpson, Me- their staff allotments, turning liisa Turner, Cookie Arnold, the non-spent funds back to the Jane Timmerman, Susan Jacks, U. S. Treasury. and Rita Johnson. We admire those conscientious Tomorrow the Red Devil foot- souls who prefer to “legislate” ball team clashes with York for rather than to “administrate:” the first game of the season. The however, we wonder why a spe- team appears to be headed for a cial South Carolina office in good season, having won scrim- Washington couldn’t be set up mages against Sumter, Wade Hampton, and Byrnes High with part of these “forefeited funds to concentrate on giving better service to the would-be recipients of federal grants for legitimate, useful programs. Our Changing Money I^ahor Day Reminder Babson Park, Mass., Sept. 3—In lg» we had gold coins and gold certificates, and silver coins and sUver certificates. And we had gold clause bonds and securities, “Payable in gold coin of the United States of the present standard of weight and fineness.” You couldn’t inflate that money. Deferred payments, such as pensions and insur ance moneys, were secure under that monetary system. But as the great depression of the IBM’s came on. Prance and some other European coun tries began liquidating their claims on our gold reserves, Those claims were substantial, hut not critical as they are today. Storieg Behind Words WilHam hr 8. Pen Meld GOLD AND 8IYER ACTS OF UBi At any rate, this gold outflow and other fac tors induced Congress to approve the IBM Gold Reserve Art. Under this art, the government called in and melted down the gold coinage of the country. Those who complied with this or der got face value for their colas. Those who held out cun now sell each of their IBS twenty- dollar gold pieces for 1575, their 1B33 ten-doDar coins for $1,000, and their 1MB five-dollar gold pieces for ISO—because of their rarity, not be cause of their gold content; though this certainly was not the Intention of the men who sponsored this legislation! The Gold Reserve Art of 1934 also included provisions for the devaluation of the dollar. In terms of gold, to about 00% of its former worth; and at the same time it provided that henceforth no U S. currency would he re deemable in gold. The year IBM also brought approval of the Silver Purchase Art, which in a few years brought into the Treasury the largest hoard of silver the world has ever known. But by 1961 this huge surplus had dwindled to where little remained except that backing our one-dollar and two-doUar certificates Hence, at the end of No vember, 19C1, the sale of surplus silver was dis continued, and shortly thereafter authority was given for the eventual retirement of all silver certificates. Swan Song There wax a popular belief that swans bunt into beautiful son* just before death. Tina belief has been traced to ancient Hmaa. Swans were held sacred to Apollo, the Greek god of Music, and one Greek legend claimed that the soul of ApoDo passed into a swan. A later legend, probably based on the earlier one, held that the souls of all great poets pass into swans. These legends were the basis for the figurative ex pression, “swan song,” applied first to the last word of a poet or musician, or the last performance of a singer. Later its meaning was broadmed to indude any final or farewell work or performance. MORE CONGRESSIONAL STAFF Last week, members of the House voted themselves another staff member in addition to high er expenses and raises for their staffs as a whole. This Is uncall ed for; however, a majority of the Congress will spend the ad ditional funds to the alleged bet terment of their respective states. Congressmen will now have al most $75,000 a year with which to hire staff—more than twice the sums expended for this pur pose by Reps. W. J. Bryan Dorn, Mendel Rivers, and Robert Hemphill in 1963 and a good third or more than that sent by Reps John McMillan, Robert Ashmore, and Albert Watson last year. A cooperative arrangement among these Congressmen to set up an independent office in Washington for the good of their Districts and the State as a whole could perhaps net South Carolina the $50 million a year she’s now losing out on in grants —not to mention equally large sums in the free enterprise sec tor through defense and space contracts. South Carolina's busi ness firms rank near the bottom among those in the nation as a whole in getting defense and space funds. IP YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE HMi41 Consult about this question: “A nearby motel lost two expensive lawsuits for In juries to patrons on the premises. The result was bankruptcy. Is public B- ablHty available for mo tels, resorts or tourist homes to cover medical payments, legal costs and damage award to visitors?” BAILEY AGENCY M. S. Bailey A Son, Bankers, Building Dial Day 833-0681 — Night and Sunday 833-0323 Highlights From C“ High South Carolinian In _ Washington By BBENfc BREEDIN The subsequent rise of M cunts per ounce in the price of silver brought Gresham’s tow into play; under this law, the most valuable coins tend to be driven out of circulation. This hap pened in short order to the silver dollar, though an effort is now to be made to put over 45 mil lion of new-minted dollars into circulation. low By CAROL SANDERS Students from CHS have Just about gotten back into the famil iar old grind of school work after three months of vacation. Class es began Monday after students reported to school on Friday to get their schedules and to rent books. The enrollment at CHS this year is the largest ever, with about seven hundred, twenty-five students registered. The high school also has eight new teach ers: Bruce Galloway, transpor tation, civics, and physical cdu- Mrs. Bruce Galloway, A Warning Sign There has been much criticism, inform ed and uninformed, of the present Supreme Court on the general grounds that it has been making law instead of interpreting and clarifying law and so has to some ex tent usurped the prerogatives of the legis lative branch. This is a delicate matter involving the whole division of powers within the nation al government. But it is worth noting that some of the most thoughtful criticisms of the court’s majority has been coining from <me of its own members, the highly respected Justice Harlan. In the past year, he wrote 20 dissents and the year Wore that 22. In one of the recent ones he said, “These decisions give support to a current mistaken view of the Constitution and the constitutional function. This view, in a nutshell, is that every major social ill in this country can find its cure in some con stitutional ‘principle,’ and that this court THIS BIG BUSINESS OF COIN COLLECTING Another result has been, as we mentioned in an earlier release, the spurring on of the coin speculators or “collectors.” Within s matter of a few months early in 1963, coin “collecting” mushroomed into the category of big business. I nquestionabily the spectacular operations of these collectors drove the 90,000,000 or so Ken nedy half-dollars out of circulatk», apparently at the bank teller’s window. Dealers, however, have been ottering them at prices as high as $1.75 $2.00 each. Furthermore, uncirculated 1S60-D nickels have gone up 66 per cent Just since last summer, a $2 00 face value roll now selling for about $1.00U. Likewise, some newspapers have been carrying ads offering $2.00 apiece for circulated no mint mark 1948, 1953, and 1905 half dollars; which, by the way, were issued in amounts rang ing from 2,796,920 to 1,006,814. But, even if one allows an average of 500 coins to each of the approximately 8,000,000 "collections,” and then allots 20,000 to each of the nation’s estimated 5,000 dealers, this would still account for only about 4 billion coins. While, on the other hand, mint output in the past 15 years (estimated life of a coin in circulation) has amounted to over 31 billion coins. A goodly number of South Car- 22 only, receiving a near oiina’s officials appear to treat among states—$1,219,000. federal money placed briore VOCATIONAL them as though it were tainted. REHABILITATION They want no pwt of it, and . U?*«r Ml !»»«■■«-. In UO. c.Uoh; ., ^ n ini'.rl that th, P 1 *** 1 c * roU “ w “ •***•> ,r »m general math and Engliih; J. K seem to tx con meed that t bottom ^ funds received from Hitner, mechanical drawing and apparent benefits being reaped the federal government, getting (h op; William W. Willingham, by most of the other states whose $24,000. Again, neighboring states general math and biology Mrs. officials are accepting the same North Carolina and Georgia re- Joberta Nlver. general Science money will prove shortlived. ceived $250,000 and $106,000 re- and f ami i y Uving Earl Slneath With some officials in the spectively of the total $22 million textiles Mrs Frank Ramace’ •late, “federal taint” is not so distributed to the states. phy8ica j eductio^; Mrito! much their concern »* are the why NOT A S. C. OFFICE James Sloan, EngUsh. The load requirements which must be nil- There are numerous other ex- on the teacehrs has been light- filled in order to get the approp- ampules of South Carolina’s by- ened because this year, instead riatod money out of the hands of passing of available federal of teaching five classes, each the Washington bureaucrats and funds. We won’t go into all of teacher will hold four classes into the hands of the local au- them because of time and space and have one free period, thorities. limitations; however, we shall Teachers all over the building TTiis combination of^ make a constructive suggestion were heard to say Monday that trest and frustration is what as to how we might avoid future they were participating excellent has been costing the state of forfeitures of possibly useful fed- classes of enthusiastic students South Carolina somewhere be- eral funds. MORE ON THIS LATER So. it is obvious that some measure of hoard ing is involved in the present massive coin short age, especially since collectors work only on live- issue-category coins, and all issues appear to he involved in the present difficulties. This situation has led some of our so-called experts to suggest thot our whole concept of a redeemable paper currency is outmoded. The trouble with this idea, it seems to me, is that a government can print an unbacked currency In any quantity it desires. But, ut the same thne, it cannot—under a free society—maintain any real control over its value in the market place. I will treat of other changes hi a later article. tween $20 million and $70 million a year In recent years. This writing is critical both of the local officials, who in many instances fully support those men responsible for the big federal ap propriations which are not bene- fitting South Carolina and also of our U. S. Reresentatives in the Congress, who volunteer little guidance on how to get the fed eral funds unless specifically asked. Some of the areas in which South Carolina could be bene- fitting from federal funds, hut is not, include: while the students, especially U. S. Senators and Representa- seniors,, were saying that they Your Urouram TodaySaturday No Seats Reserved! First ■vrtr a rroj; Sept 3-5 ■ A H9RdD9y&fcir! aw". Shows: 3:00, S:00, 7:00 sad 0:00 P. M. Saturday: Start 1:00 Mon.-Tues.-Wed, September 7-9 ITS nut IMr Mr NN1MT‘WMItlM.I MCTRO-OOCDWYN VAVEW WESOOS ELVIS PRESLEY & ANN-MARGRET JACK UONEVsuooucnow : Viva l?s Vegas PANAV)8«ON*& Brought hack because It was we ever played. •eeeeeeooo Shows: 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 aad 9:00 P. M. Broadway Theatre will be dosed today (Thursday) ua- tU 7 p. bl on account of the funeral of Rev. James M. Dick. CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER $, IfM URBAN PLANNING ASSISTANCE South Carolina is the only state in the union not set up to re ceive funds under Urban Plan ning Assistance. Under this pro gram, towns and counties can re ceive professioal assistance of virtaaDy all kinds—in South Car olina perhaps through Clemson University's School of Architec- (ftp (ftintmt (ftpmtirlr July 4, 1889 - WILLIAM WILSON HAnnin _ 18, Ifgg PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (payable in Adva Out-of-County ») One Ya M 00. Six months $U0 One Year 11.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton. S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Perm 8079 to CUntoo Chronicle. CMutot, g. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of Its subscribers and readers — the publisher will at an times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice The Chronicle win puMali letters of general interest when tiny are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Member: South Carolina Press Association. National Editorial Association National Advertising Reprseoetative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ; In 1968, 48 states and terri tories received a grand total of over $12 million through Urban Planning Assistance. Neighbor ing states Georgia and North Carolina received $409,000 $08,900 respectively. URBAN PLANNING RENEWAL Of toe 87 states which spent a grand total of $187 million this program, South ranked near the bottom with celpts of $S0S l 0g7. Again look at neighboring stotft gia and North CaroliBa which received $4,486,000 and IK.1IM0O for urban renewal projects. '£■ PUBLIC HEALTH In 1068, Public Health farvice contributed over $010 mRSo* to the states under one grouBtag of MAXWELL BROTHERS Listen to At ttill, tmall voiet of QUIET COMFORT New! Thrifty! “Tala Htm” CMnaet sud Cnuseeisuf I onu WHvmawM FMOMIRE FM hw*! e inttsiHt-yourssm no i doubMtunf windows up! • W BTU/hrlNEUAl.CMttuptotlliqMnfM't • IIS volti, Mly 7H amptl e Adjustable 4-way airflow- 256 combinations! e Single dial. Automatic ther mostat control. • Voshsbls air filtertraps dirt, dust and pollen! Floor Sample Cloeeouta — Only 2 To Sell with 2 toy* Only 4^0 Weekly After SmaH Down Payment Othor Frifldaire Refrige rators, 294 N. Broad St Furniture Dial 2628 Cttatou. 8. C. ♦Your Quality FrifM- ik A«—t If*»!